[CQ-Contest] New tactic for finding a run frequency?

[Zack Widup]

On Mon, 24 Feb 2003, Ragnar Otterstad wrote:

> 
> It all depends on the other stations expectations. I, too, prefer the wider,
> 500 Hz, filter, as many stations call off frequency (most commonly 100-200 Hz
> up, rarely down. Anyone know why that is?)  I had one instance where I found a
> clear spot near a band edge on 40 or 80m, about 500 Hz above a 1-land station.
> He slides up and asks me to
> move a bit. There's no room up, so I go down about 500 Hz from him. He didn't
> like that either. While a band edge is nice, it wasn't worth fighting about,
> so I went elsewhere.
> Barry, W2UP
> 
> 
> Here speaks a mature person !!
> 
> This reminds me of Fred K3ZO who never had a narrow filter, except the one
> between his ears. After having seen his award walls .......................
> Need I say more ?
> 
> 73
> 
> Rag Otterstad    LA5HE also JW5HE OZ8RO

I generally call a station zero-beat with his transmit frequency.  I then
listen and if he's answering someone else, I pay attention to where that
station is transmitting. If he's worked a couple stations slightly off his
frequency and I decide to stick with it, I'll zero-beat the last caller
and try there. That usually works.

Quite a few stations in the ARRL DX test were listening a little down from
their transmit frequencies.  Maybe to get away from QRM up higher.

Zack W9SZ